Crime and Public Safety

Police chase underway involving a suspect breaking 100 mph.

Authorities are reminding residents to keep your guard up when answering calls, particularly from scammers posing as police or court official.

Prosecutors said Judge Jeffrey Malcolm Ferguson, 73, violated the terms of his release by drinking alcohol. Ferguson's attorney denied the allegation, blaming it on the judge's use of cortizone anti-itch cream and hand sanitizer gel containing alcohol that triggered the ankle-monitoring system.

Sean "Diddy" Combs, 54, is charged with federal sex trafficking and racketeering. If convicted, he could face at least 15 years in prison.

Julie Tichon, who worked as a school guidance counselor at YULA High School in West LA, is accused of having sex with a teenage boy on multiple occasions between February and March of 2024.

California Gov. Gavin Newsom recently signed four bills aimed at cracking down on street takeovers, including harsher penalties for drivers and spectators.

Marcellus Williams, 55, was put to death on Tuesday, becoming the third Missouri inmate to be put to death this year.

Ryan Wesley Routh has been indicted on charges of attempting to assassinate Donald Trump after allegedly staking out the former president for 12 hours at his Florida golf course.

A woman was arrested in Florida after striking Deputy Bruce Fowler with her car outside the Lee County Sheriff’s Office headquarters in Fort Myers.

Oran Routh was arrested this week after authorities seized multiple electronic devices and found hundreds of files of child sexual abuse in his home, according to court documents.

Investigators said it was not a random attack.

A pedestrian was hit and killed by a fire engine on its way to an emergency incident in Long Beach overnight, fire authorities said.